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July 13, 2008

G97: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1

This was a long game (3:32) filled with plenty of baserunners, but very few runs. Boston stranded 11 runners in the first five innings. And until Aubrey Huff's single in tyhe ninth inning, Baltimore had six hits, seven walks, a hit batter and a stolen base -- and still had no runs.

Bot allowed three singles in the ninth, but slammed the door on the longest "first half" in team history (97 games) by retiring Melvin Mora (who stranded 11 runners all by himself).

Pedroia singled and took second on Freddie Bynum's throwing error in the second, then scored on Drew's double into the left field corner. Casey doubled to start the fourth and eventually scored on Pedroia's force out.

I really need to rearrange this room. The addition of the second cable box continues to make life much easier, but since I'm exiled to the back room with the game (I'm only bothered by that if I'm getting the game in HD, and that's not usually the case), I tend to sit at my desk to watch the game, and my desk faces away from the tv. Hmmm...

Holy Shit!!I'm home due to a rare off Sunday for big league. The Sox are on TBS and I've got a friend and some cold Coronas here ready to enjoy my 1st full game in quite a while. And DAMN if they don't have the #@$%^ game BLACKED OUT on TBS. Those MOTHERFUCKERS!Oh well, I guess it's GDGD and JoS.Thank g** for you guys!

I'm at school today, and the 5th orientation session has just gotten underway. I'm watching on one of the plasma TVs in the dining hall, and this kid from NY sits down next to me and starts cheering on Baltimore.

I tell him, "you really ought to be rooting for the Red Sox."

He asked why, and I said "so Baltimore doesn't catch you for 3rd."

I hope I didn't give him a bad impression of the student body on his first day at orientation :-p

He's one of those guys who seems to have gotten his opportunity in the big leagues because he can throw hard. It's like a girl going wild over some guy just because he's tall, even if he's a total asshole.

Now Cleveland 5-2 over Rays. If Tampa limps into the break having lost first place, four games to the pathetic Spiders (and two horrible starters) and 7 over-all, they will be beset with doubts and self-loathing....

i loved it when only members could post. then (in 2006 i guess) they allowed lurkers (like from the sandbox) in the threads. it got so crowded, i could not follow the thread and the game. that's when i started hoping to start some here.

They have a commercial on the radio where there are two girls talking, and one of them has a heavy southern accent because she drank the mcdonald's sweet tea. The other girl says, "But you're from Connecticut." Southern-accent says, "Ah know! Ain't that just a kick in the pants!"